Chasing Cheerios

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

A Crinkly Taggie Square for Baby

Last week I made several crinkly taggie squares for Little Kicker and our new cousin. (maybe she's making us wait so long because she knows we're making things for her...) These fabric squares were very easy and quick to make.

1) Cut out 2 squares of coordinating fabric. I made my squares 5 x 5. Cut a piece of crinkly paper to fit the squares. I used a cereal bag.

2) Pin the cereal bag square to the wrong side of one piece of fabric.

3) Sew around the edges.

4) Pin the two fabrics right side to right side with a ribbon sandwiched between them on each side. Sew around the edges, and don't forget to leave a small opening for turning.

5) Trim the corners, turn, and topstitch. My mom did the topstitching, since I still have trouble sewing a straight line :)

I'm REALLY happy with how these turned out! The idea for this project came from a link on a friend's facebook page. Her tutorial is much better than mine :)

The bag that the cereal is in in a cereal box. We use them for EVERYTHING! I spread them out when O plays with putty, we used them when we make cookie dough, etc. I don't buy waxed paper at all...we just reuse cereal bags :)

Cute! You know the fabric "minkee"? Every time I sew with it I end up cranky because I find it so slippery, and I swear I won't sew with it again. When I was pregnant, I remember we joked that he wouldn't come out until I made him a minkee blanket. I sewed up a little one and it did the trick.

What a wonderful blog you have! I am just new to your site, and am very excited to have found it.

I am the mother of a two year old. And have been scratching my head as to what to teach him age appropriately. I have just ordered the book The Joyful Child: age 0-3yr. Thank you for all your fun ideas and examples. I would love to see a far away picture of your craft/play room to see how it looks overall in proportion to O.

I, too, am expecting again, and am also, due the same month (one year later) that I had my miscarriage.(mine ended at 7 1/2 weeks, but didn't find out until my first doctor appointment, at 9 1/2 weeks.) I see you had one too. I am sorry for your loss, but excited for you to have another one. My miscarried pregnancy was the reason I even started my own blog.

I look forward to hearing more of your fun activities, and when you finally have your little kicker. :)

Super Cute - FYI another mom's blog loves to re-use ceral boxes and she recently posted about the chemical preservative BHT that is sprayed on most cereal bags. http://www.frugalfamilyfunblog.com/2009/08/diy-reusable-2-in-1-sandwich-wrap-and.html

About Me

Welcome to Chasing Cheerios! I am a mostly stay at home mom (I work 45 days per year as a School Psychologist) of 2 girls and wife to Elliott. "O" is 6 years old, and "E" is 2. We love to do Montessori inspired activities with our girls as well as fun art, science, nature, and cooking projects. I also love to make things with and for my girls. Please contact me with any questions at ChasingCheerios@gmail.com

I put together this activity for O(5) a few months ago to take on vacation. It was super simple to put together. I used sharpie marker ...

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